BILL NUMBER: SB 465	CHAPTERED  10/10/99

	CHAPTER   933
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   OCTOBER 10, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   OCTOBER 10, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   SEPTEMBER 9, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 30, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   AUGUST 18, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Appropriations (Senators Johnston
(Chair), Alpert, Bowen, Escutia, Karnette, McPherson, Perata, and
Vasconcellos)

                        FEBRUARY 17, 1999

   An act relating to the payment of claims against the State of
California, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring the
urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 465, Committee on Appropriations.  Claims against the state:
appropriation.
   Existing law requires the Attorney General to report to the
Legislature when there is no sufficient appropriation available for
the payment of a claim against the state.
   This bill would appropriate $1,787,253.29 from the General Fund
and the Motor Vehicle Account in the State Transportation Fund to the
Attorney General for allocation in specified amounts to pay
damages, attorney fees, and interest in specified cases.
  The bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an
urgency statute.
   Appropriation:  yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  The total sum of one million seven hundred eighty-seven
thousand two hundred fifty-three dollars and twenty-nine cents
($1,787,253.29) is hereby appropriated as follows:
   (a) The sum of seven hundred eighty-nine thousand seven hundred
fifty-three dollars and thirty-three cents ($789,753.33) from the
General Fund to the Attorney General for allocation to pay damages
and attorney fees, including interest, awarded in the case of Kwasi
Opuku-Boateng v. State of California, et al. (United States District
Court, Eastern District, Case No.  S-87-755 MLS).
   (b) The sum of nine hundred ninety-seven thousand four hundred
ninety-nine dollars and ninety-six cents ($997,499.96) from the Motor
Vehicle Account in the State Transportation Fund to the Attorney
General for allocation to pay damages, including interest, awarded in
the case of Mary Shaver v. State, et al.  (Superior Court, San
Bernardino County, Case No. SCV 38442, and United States District
Court, Central District, Case No.  ED-CV-96-0445 RT).
  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect.  The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to pay judgments and settlement claims against the state
and end hardship to claimants as quickly as possible, it is necessary
for this act to take effect immediately.
